Season ticket holders at PTS ACADEMY STADIUM haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Northampton Town languishing in the 17th position so far. The guesting Accrington Stanley will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a EFL Trophy game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at Barrow. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Northampton Town form and stats
With 1 League One win, 2 draws and 3 defeats from their home games, Northampton Town, who have the the worst goal difference (-5) at home in League One, are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Northampton faced defeat in their previous match, away at Oxford City (1-2). The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a League One home game that ended 0-0 versus Milton Keynes Dons.
This is expected to be a close game, with Northampton Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Northampton as a small favourite), we find 16 games. Northampton Town has won ten of these, drawn two and lost four.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Northampton, as the EFL Trophy home game vs Stevenage is only three days away.
Northampton Town aren't scoring a lot here at PTS ACADEMY STADIUM in the league, with only 4 goals from 6 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.
Accrington Stanley form and stats
Accrington Stanley are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the League One, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses).
Accrington play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Barrow. Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Tranmere Rovers's place.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Accrington Stanley playing away and similar expectations, we found twelve relevant matches. Results were three Accrington wins, four draws and five defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Accrington manager J. Coleman as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Swindon Town.
Accrington Stanley have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 3 league away games 3 goals have been scored. Accrington struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 5 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Northampton-Accrington Stanley H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Northampton Town five wins, Accrington Stanley three wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  S. Hoskins 2 goals |   J. Pritchard 2 goals | D. Charles 2 goals |
Northampton Town missing players
Accrington Stanley missing players
| Northampton Town | Accrington Stanley | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 20 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 91% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 91% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 55% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 57% |
| 27% | 17% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 45% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 57% |
| 9% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 55% | 67% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 116 | 59 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 37 | 82 |
| 41 | 14 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 12 | 23 |
| 24% | 29% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 25% | 39% |
- Accrington Stanley has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in League One
- Accrington Stanley haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Accrington Stanley's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Northampton Town has the the worst goal difference (-5) at home in League One
- Northampton Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Peterborough United | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 22 |
| 3 | Charlton Athletic | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 22 |
| 4 | Lincoln City | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 22 |
| 5 | Hull City | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| 6 | Sunderland | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 21 |
| 7 | Portsmouth | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 20 |
| 8 | Plymouth Argyle | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 18 |
| 9 | Doncaster Rovers | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 17 |
| 10 | Fleetwood Town | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 16 |
| 11 | AFC Wimbledon | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| 12 | Blackpool | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 13 |
| 13 | Gillingham | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 13 |
| 14 | Accrington Stanley | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -5 | 12 |
| 16 | Rochdale | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 12 |
| 17 | Northampton Town | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -10 | 11 |
| 18 | Crewe Alexandra | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 19 | Milton Keynes Dons | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 10 |
| 20 | Swindon Town | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -5 | 9 |
| 21 | Oxford United | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 9 |
| 22 | Shrewsbury Town | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 7 |
| 23 | Burton Albion | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 7 |
| 24 | Wigan Athletic | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -10 | 7 |